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F. s. CLINTON.

BUNG. No. 320,222. Patented June 16, 1885.

UNITED STATES BATENT OFFICE.

FRED SUMNER CLINTON, OF BELLAIRE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO JNO. B. WVATT AND EMIL SCHMIDT, OF SAME PLACE.

BUNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,222, dated June 16, 1885.

Application filed March 10, 1885.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it 'known that 1, FRED S. CLINTON, of Bellaire, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bungs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and'use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bungs; and it consists in the combination of the bung having a recess to receive the faucet, and which is both smooth and'threaded, a passage leading from the inner end of this recess, and a passage to receive the screw-threaded rod having a valve secured to its inner end, the passage being provided near its inner end with an enlargement to receive the valve, which is moved back and forth therein by the rod, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a hung which can be securely closed at any time or after the spigot has been removed, for the purpose of preventing the barrel from becoming sour and getting filled with dirt.

The accompanying drawing represents a vertical section of a bung embodying my invention.

A represents the bung. which may either be screwed, driven into, or bolted to head of the barrels, as may be preferred. Formed in this bung, slightly to one side of its center, is the opening or recess B to receive the end of the spigot or faucet. This opening B may be made screw-threaded, or smooth its entire length; or it may be screw-threaded a portion of its length and smooth the balance. This opening B, when made both screw-threaded and smooth, will receive bot-h brass faucets and wooden spigots. This opening B does not extend entirely through the bung, as is shown, but has (No model.)

a side passage, G, which extends from its extreme inner end and connects with a second ,1, opening, H, which extends entirely through the bung. Near the inner end of the second opening, H, is formed an enlargement, I, in which the valve L, on the inner end of the screw'rod J, moves. The screw-thread upon 5( this red J meshes with the thread at the outer end of the second opening, H, so that the rod can be moved back and forth in this opening for the purpose of allowing or shutting off the How of liquid from the barrel through the 5 bung. \Vhen this rod J is forced inward the valve upon its inner end prevents all outward flow of fluid, whether the spigot or faucet is in the bung or not. After the barrel has been emptied of its contents and the spigot has been 6 removed this rod J is used for closing the opening into the barrel. so as to prevent the barrel from becoming sour and to keep dirt from getting into it.

This bung is especially intended to be used 6 in connection with ale barrels and kegs, as it enables the barrel to be tapped without wast ing any of the ale, a-nd docs away with the pense of a brass spigot and enables the common wooden spigot to be used. 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim The combination of the bung A, having tl.e recess B, which is both smooth and threaded, and the openings or passages G Hand enlarge 75 ment I inside of the bung, with the screwthreaded rod J, having the valve L upon its end, the valve being placed in the enlargement and adapted to alternately close both of its ends, substantially as shown and described. 8(

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED SUMNER CLINTON.

Witnesses:

ELLA ORIswELL, E. B. KENNEDY. 

